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India added to the list of huge winning margins at this year\u2019s Cricket World Cup while Virat Kohli made individual history in Sunday\u2019s rout of South Africa.<\/p>\n
Here, the PA news agency looks at the statistical significance of the result.<\/p>\n
Four of the World Cup\u2019s top 10 winning margins by runs have come in this year\u2019s tournament, with hosts India now ranking second and joint-seventh on that list.<\/p>\n
Sunday\u2019s 243-run success \u2013 Kohli\u2019s hundred setting up a total of 326 for five before the Proteas were skittled for 83 \u2013 followed three days after they beat Sri Lanka by 302 runs.<\/p>\n
That was only the second win by 300-plus runs in World Cup history, the first coming just over a week earlier when Australia beat the Netherlands by a record 309 after scoring 399 for eight.<\/p>\n
The 2015 tournament saw Australia win by 275 runs against Afghanistan while South Africa beat the West Indies by 257, matching India\u2019s win over Bermuda in 2007.<\/p>\n
Australia beat Namibia by 256 in 2003 while India\u2019s win over South Africa matched Sri Lanka\u2019s margin against beleaguered Bermuda in 2007.<\/p>\n
South Africa beat the Netherlands by 231 in 2011 and their 229-run success against England this year matched Australia, against the Dutch in 2007, for 10th place.<\/p>\n
Teams batting first have not had it all their own way this year, with New Zealand beating England by nine wickets while there have been four eight-wicket margins and five by seven wickets.<\/p>\n
Kohli\u2019s 101 not out at Eden Gardens was significant beyond just the immediate contest with the Proteas.<\/p>\n
His 49th one-day international century matched the record set by his illustrious compatriot Sachin Tendulkar for the most in the format.<\/p>\n
The \u201cLittle Master\u201d played a record 463 ODIs between 1989 and 2012 and scored 18,426 runs at an average of 44.83 in his 452 innings.<\/p>\n
Kohli has got there in just 289 games and 277 innings, scoring 13,626 runs in total with his average of 58.48 \u2013 over 13 runs higher than Tendulkar\u2019s.<\/p>\n
The latter does still have more half-centuries, 96 to Kohli\u2019s 70, as well as the higher individual innings with an unbeaten 200 against South Africa in 2010.<\/p>\n
That is the 10th-highest score in ODI history and makes Tendulkar one of only eight men with a double-century in the format \u2013 current India captain Rohit Sharma has three to his name including a record 264 against Sri Lanka in 2014. The feat has also been achieved twice in women\u2019s cricket, by New Zealand\u2019s Amelia Kerr and Australia\u2019s Belinda Clark.<\/p>\n
Kohli\u2019s best is 183 against Pakistan in 2012, ranking 22nd on the all-time list.<\/p>\n